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Chapter 8: Others: Guy

Sometimes I doubt this whole save the world destiny path that Charlie's mapped out for us. Or at least I used to, before the Shadow. Not that I don't want to be a super hero, but I get this feeling that there are others out there. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that's our destiny. We're supposed to find them, help them. Connie says that this is because I'm more likely to buy into the Heroes concept than the X-Men one. I believe that its about connection. There's something bigger out there, and we have to find a way to get out to it. There's a pattern, this isn't just random. Of course I have no proof of this so the others kind of blow it off. But especially since this guy surfaced, I know that they're out there, and that we have to get to them before he does.

"Guy!" Connie shouts, breaking me out of a daydream

"Guy focus!" Charlie says. We're having a fight strategy meeting. It's not a full on group training session because Coach is out of town on Goodwill Games business. Just like we still need to go to school, he still needs to go to work. "What do you do in the case of an attack?"

"Change into whoever he's going after in order to confuse him." I recite. We've gone over this battle plan way too many times.

"Right," He nods, "As do I, and then Julie you get in his head,"

"I've told you," She sighs, "My powers didn't work around him remember? He obviously knows how to block."

"Yeah, but it takes more energy than I can afford in a fight," She says, "And I get a psychic headache afterwards, which means a lot of telepathy static, which means, I hear things that I don't need to nor want to hear." I notice Portman and Fulton look at each other quickly. That's weird.

"Speaking of headaches," Russ pipes up, "I'm getting one. I move for adjourning to someplace with food." Charlie glares at him. "We're a democracy right Captain?"

"Right," Charlie sighs, "All in favor of adjourning?" Everyone raises their hands. "OK, then."

"Wait!" I say, "Before we go, can we talk about finding them?" Everyone groans and Connie looks at me warily. "Guys, I really think its important."

"Guy, we don't even know that they're out there," Luis says.

"And even if they are," Julie points out, "How do we find them?"

"And even if we find them," Fulton adds on, "We can barely understand what it is we do, how are we supposed to help other people?"

"Guys," I say definitively, "We're going to have to deal with this eventually. I mean, we already know this Shadow guy is out there. Who's to say that there aren't others?"

"Guy, I love you," Connie looks over sympathetically. "But you really have to give it up." I stare at her. Even my own girlfriend won't back me up. I stand up and walk out. "Guy!" I hear Connie calling after me, but I ignore her and walk into mine and Dwayne's room, and fall on the bed. This I don't need right now.


A few hours later Connie comes in and sits down next to me, she snuggles close, burying her face in my chest, and wrapping her arms around my waist.

"Don't be mad at me, please," she whispers. I put my arms around her shoulders and squeeze her lightly.

"You could have backed me up earlier." I say softly, she obviously upset and I don't want to make that worse, but I need to get my point across.

"But I don't agree with you," She pulls away, I look at her, "I mean, I believe you, I guess, that they're out there, but I don't think its our responsibility to find them. Right now I think what we need to focus on learning to control our powers," She softly puts her hands around my face, "And staying safe." I smile at her. "And how would we find them?"

"There has to be a pattern to it," I sigh, "I know there is," she smiles, "Once we figure it out, it should be easy to find them."

"Like Saresh's list on Heroes," she nods.

"Exactly," I say, "And like the map."

"It would be exciting," She smiles softly, "To go out and get them, help them, the way coach helped us." I love that she gets it. "So I thought of a name."

"Really?" I smile, "What have you got?"

"I will be," She stands up, and puts her hands on her hips, and looks up confidently, "Duck Girl." I laugh, and she sits down. "Is it stupid?"

"I love you," I whisper and she kisses me. It's soft at first but each moment it grows into more, I find myself tearing away from her lips and moving down her neck to her chest. She whimpers non comittally, her eyes closed and head thrown back. "Everything OK, baby?" I whisper in her ear and kiss her neck.

"I want to go further Guy," She says softly. "I want to make love to you." We kiss again. This time she sits up and wraps her legs around me. I can't stop kissing her. I mean, its not like I want to say no to having sex with Connie, because I really, really want to, but this also doesn't feel right. The timing, there's too much going on right now to consider it.

"Connie," I finally manage to pull away. "Not right now." She looks at me sadly.

"What's wrong with right now?" She says the sadness turning to anger.

"Because this isn't right," I say, trying to keep her calm, pushing away a girl who throws herself at you isn't exactly the best plan. Especially when you and said girl have been dating for six years. "You deserve better than this. We're distracted, and trying to figure everything out. When we do, I want to give you my full undivided attention." Her mood changes again and her lips curl into a smile. "Don't think I didn't want to." She giggles and kisses me again.

"I should go," she says softly.

"Wait!" I take her hand. She looks at me. "Want to see something cool?" She laughs and nods. "I found a new power the other day, I haven't shown anyone yet." I focus and create a duplicate of myself.

"Cool," She says, looking between the two mes. "Which ones really you?"

"That's what so cool!" I say.

"They're both me," I say, in my other body. I laugh and merge back into one. "I can only do two right now."

"Its really cool no matter what it is," She smiles. "It'll be really useful in a fight too!" I laugh. "I'm sorry about earlier."

"It's OK," I smile and we kiss again. "I love you."

"I love you too," she smiles and stands up.

"Guy?" She turns over her shoulder on her way out the door.

"Yeah," I look at her.

"We'll find them," She assures me, "Even if its just you and me. We'll find them." I smile at her. I don't know if anyone in the world is as lucky as I am.

"Connie?" I say causing her to look at me. "I really like Duck Girl." She smiles and walks out. God, she's beautiful. I'm totally in love with her.


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